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Niagara  Falls 

in  Miniature 


CHICAGO. 

Rand,  McNallv  &  Co. 
1896. 


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NIAGARA   FALLS 


IN    MINIATURE. 


B«twlit  ths  rakpi OnUrlo 
and  Krlis  th«<ni  ii  a  vast  an<l 
prodlgiouH  cadence  of  wiit«r, 
which  fall!  down  att«>r  » 
furiirilinff  and  aatoundlny 
maaaar ,  laKmnch  that  ihs 
univrraa  does  not  afford  iia 
parallal, 

-  LohU  Ueiuu^H,  16*7 


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COMPLIMENTS   OF 


QvMral  Paaumttrwt^  Tfektt  Agtnt. 

CHICAGO: 
Rand,  McNally  &  Co. 


K. 


I  on  this  earth  of  oun  wlii 
i  see,-- at  leait  of  all  th 
an,— I  am  inclined  to  gi 
Falls  of  Niagara.  I  kn 
g  so  beautiful,  so  glorii 

—AntAfny  Treli 


NIAGARA. 

Thou  newest  on  in  quiet,  till  thy  waves 
Grow  broken  midst  the  rocks;  th>  current  then 
Shoots  onward  like  the  irresistible  course 
Of  Destiny.    Ah,  terribly  they  rage,-    [brain 
The  hoarse  and  rapid  whirlpools  there!    My 
Grows  wild,  my  senses  wander,  as  I  gaze 
Upon  the  hurrying  waters;  and  my  sight 
Vainly  would  follow,  as  toward  the  verge 
Sweeps  the  wide  torrent.    Waves  innumerable 
Meet  there  and  madden,  -waves  innumerable 
Urge  on  and  overtake  the  waves  before, 
And  disappear  in  thunder  and  in  foam. 

They  reach,  they  leap  the  barrier,— the  abyss 
Swallows  insatiable  the  sinking  waves. 
A  thousand  rainbows  arch  them,and  the  woods 
Are  deafened  with  the  roar.  The  violent  shock 
Shatters  to  vapor  the  descending  sheets. 
A  cloudy  whirlwind  fills  the  gulf,  and  heaves 
The  mighty  pyramid  of  circling  mist 
To  heaven. 

— yW  A/aria  Hertdia. 
Trantlatedty  Wm.  CulUn  Bryant. 


more  translucently  gre( 
illy  still  and  lovely  thi 
ter.  At  this,  her  swf 
architrave  of  the  ma 
El  fixed  and  glorious  wo 
d  aquamarine  or  emeral 
— Sir  Edwin  ArnA 


ALONE  WITH  NATURE. 

Niagara,  November  5,  1853. 

CORYDON,  MY    BROTHER: 

I  am  now  leaning  against 
tile  trunk  of  an  evergreen  tree  on  a  beauti- 
ful island  in  the  midst  of  Niagara's  foaming 
waters.  I  am  alone.  No  breath  of  wind 
disturbs  the  leaves  of  evergreen  which  hang 
mute  and  motionless  around  me.  Animated 
nature  is  silent,  for  the  voice  of  God,  like 
the  "sound  of  many  waters,"  is  lifted  up 
from  the  swathing  clouds  of  hoary  foam  that 
rest  upon  the  dark  abyss  below. 

"  Oh,  /earful  ttream. 

How  do  thy  terrors  tear  me  from  myself 

And  fill  my  soul  with  wonder." 

I  gaze  upon  the  broad  green  waters  as  they 
come  placid  and  smooth,  like  firm  battalions 
of  embattled  hosts,  moving  in  steady  col- 
umns, till  the  sloping  channel  stirs  the  depths 
and  maddens  all  thy  waters.  Then  with 
angry  roar  the  legions  bound  along  the 
opposing  rocks,  until  they  reach  the  awful 


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brink,  where  all  surcharged  with  frantic  fury, 
they  leap  bellowing  down  the  fearful  rocks 
which  thunder  back  the  sullen  echoes  of  thy 
voice,  and  shout  God's  power  above  the 
cloudy  skies  !  O  man  !  Frail  child  of  dust 
thou  art  to  lift  thy  insect  voice  upon  this 
spot  where  tiie  Almighty  thunders  from  the 
swelling  floods  that  lift  to  heaven  their  hoary 
breath,  like  clouds  of  smoking  incense.  O, 
that  the  assembled  millions  of  the  earth 
could  now  behold  this  scene  sublime  and 
awful,  and  adore  the  everlasting  God  whose 
fingers  piled  these  giant  cliffs,  and  sent  His 
sounding  seas  to  thunder  down  and  shout 
in  deafening  tones,  "We  come  from  out  the 
hollow  of  His  hand,  and  haste  to  do  His 
bidding." 

Your  friend  and  brother, 


^^a.^LuA 


»iiitiia»»Hmiuimi.i 


k-ith  frantic  fury, 
the  fearful  rocks 
;n  echoes  of  thy 
)\ver  above  the 
ail  child  of  dust 
voice  upon  this 
unders  from  the 
aven  their  hoary 
ng  incense.  O, 
s  of  the  earth 
ie  sublime  and 
ting  God  whose 
s,  and  sent  His 
own  and  shout 
ne  from  out  the 
laste  to  do  His 


All  the  pictures  you  may  see,  all  the  de- 
scriptions you  may  read  of  Niagara,  can 
only  produce  in  your  mind  the  faint  glim- 
mer  of  the  glow-worm  compared  with  the 
overpowering  beauty  and  glory  of  the 
meridian  sun. 

—John  J.  A  udubtH. 


THE  CAVE  OF  THE  WINDS. 


On   a   blazing   hot,  dry  day  in   August, 
two  strange  creatures  might  liave  been  seen 
carefully  picking  their  steps  down  a  narrow 
path  cut  in  the  steep  precipice  that  overlooks 
the  whirling  and  hurrying  waters  of  Niagara. 
They  were  apparently  Esquimaux;  and  they 
were  attended  by  a  third  person,  also  appar- 
ently an  Esquimaux.     All  three  wore  heavy 
and  amorphous  garments  of  a  blue  woolen 
stuff;   but  these   were   mostly  concealed   by 
capacious  oilskins.    They  had  yellow  oilskin 
caps  tightly  strapped  on  their  heads;  yellow 
oilskin  jackets,  witli  flapping  sleeves;  yellow 
oilskin  trousers  of  great  width,  but  no  par- 
ticular shape;  and  shoes  of  felt. 

These  heavy  garments  became  less  hot  as 
the  Esquimaux  began  to  receive  shooting 
spurts  of  spray  from  the  rocks  overhead; 
and  when,  following  their  guide,  they  had 
to  stand  in  a  shower-bath  for  a  few  seconds, 
while  he  unlocked  a  small  and  mysterious 
portal,  the  cool  splashing  was  not  at  all 
uncomfortable.     Having  passed  through  this 


WINDS. 

lay  in  August, 
liave  been  seen 
lown  a  narrow 

that  overlooks 
ters  ol  Niagara, 
laux;  and  they 
on,  also  appar- 
ee  wore  heavy 
I  blue  woolen 

concealed  by 

yellow  oilskin 
heads;  yellow 
leeves;  yellow 
I,  but  no  par- 
t. 

ne  less  hot  as 
eive  shooting 
:ks  overhead; 
ide,  they  had 
I  few  seconds, 
id  mysterious 
IS  not  at  all 

tiirough  this 


gate,  they  had  to  descend  some  wooden 
steps,  and  now  began  to  receive  blows  on 
the  head  and  blows  on  the  siioulders,  as 
though  an  avalanche  of  pebbles  was  upon 
them;  while  strange  gusts  of  wind,  blowing 
up  from  some  wild  cauldron  below,  dashed 


across  their  faces  and  mouths,  blinding  and 
choking  them. 

Laughter  sounds  wild  and  unearthly  in  the 
thunder  of  tiie  falling  waters  and  the  pistol- 
shots  haniniering  on  one's  head.      Still   fur- 
ther down  the  slippery  steps  go  these  three 
figures;  and  the  roar  increases;  and  the  wild 
gusts  rage  with   fiercer  violence,  as  if  they 
would   whirl   these   three  yellow  phantoms 
into    mid-air.      The    last    of    the    wooden 
steps  is  reached;  the  travelers  are  on  slippery 
rocks;  and  now   before  them  is  a  vast  and 
gloomy  cave,  and  there  is  a  wild  whirlpool 
of  lashing  water  in  it,  and   beyond  it,  be- 
tween the  travelers  and  the  outside  world  is 
a  blinding  wall  of  water,  torn  by  the  wind 
into  sheets  of  grey  and  white,  and  plunging 
down  as  if  it  would  reach  the  very  centre  of 
the  earth.     The  roar  is  indescribable.     And 
how  is  it  that  the  rushing  currents  of  wind 
invariably  sweep  upward,  as  if  to  fight  the 
falling  masses  of  white  water,  and  go  whirl- 
ing a  smoke  of  foam   all  about  the  higher 
reaches  of  this  awful  cavern  ? 

—  William  Black. 


IS,  blinding  and 

unearthly  in  the 
>  and  the  pistol- 
ead.  Still  fur- 
i  go  these  three 
•s;  and  the  wild 
;nce,  as  if  they 
llow  phantoms 
f    the    wooden 

are  on  slippery 
1  is  a  vast  and 
wild  whirlpool 
beyond  it,  be- 
)utside  world  is 
n  by  the  wind 
,  and  plunging 
B  very  centre  of 
:ribable.  And 
rrents  of  wind 
if  to  fight  the 

and  go  whirl- 
•ut  the  higher 

y^i//iam  Black. 


And  there, 
between  us  and 
the 'Horseshoe  Fall,  what 
was  that  we  saw  ?    Was  it  some 
huge,  pale  ghost  standing  sentinel 
before  Niagara?    White,  spectral,  motion- 
less, it  rose  up  and  reached  towards  the 
stars-shapeless,  dim,   vague   as  a   veiled 
ghost.    It  was  like  a  great,  colossal  spectre 
wrapped  in  a  robe  of  strange,  dim  light. 
—Lady  Duffui  Hardy. 


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I  have  often  looked  upon  those  Infuriate! 
billows,  which,  for  a  mile  above  Niagara 
spit  their  froth  into  each  other's  faces  uni 
the  ocean  below  swallows  their  rage  in 
abysmal  depths.  Then  they  rise  again 
with  resurrected  fury,  they  tear  down  tb 
narrow  gorge  hemmed  in  by  the  high  pn 
cipitous  rocks ;  they  bellow  in  their  rage 
they  shriek  out  in  their  despair  ;  they  moi 
in  their  anguish ;  they  dash  against  th 
stoical  rocks ;  there  is  no  help ;  down  ini 
the  tideless,  fathomless,  pitiless  whirlpoi 
they  are  hurled. 

— Myran  W.  Hayiii 


ked  upon  those  lnfuriate( 
>r  a  mile  above  Niagara 
to  each  other's  faces  uni 
swallows  their  rage  in  i 
Then  they  rise  again 
fury,  they  tear  down  th 
nmed  in  by  the  high  pn 
ley  bellow  in  their  rage 
their  despair  ;  they  moi 
;  they  dash  against  tb 
re  is  no  help ;  down  ini 
amless,  pitiless  whirlpa 

— Myron  W.  Haynt 


MY   LAST   DAY  AT  NIAGARA. 
I  sat  upon  Table  Rock,  and  felt  as  if  sus- 
pemleil  in  the  open  air.    Never  before  had  niy 
mind  been  in  such  perfect  unison  with  the  scene. 
There  were  intervals,  when  I  was  conscious 
of  nothing  but  the  great  river,  rolling  calmly 
into  the  abyss,  rather  ilescending  than  pre- 
cipitating itself,  and  acquiring  tenfold  majesty 
from  its  unhurried  motion.     It  came  like  the 
march  of  I>cstiny.     It  was  not  taken  by  sur- 
prise, but  seemed  to  have  anticipated,  in  all 
its  course  through  the  broad  lakes,  that   it 
must   pour  their  collected  waters  down  this 
height.     The  perfect  foam  of  the  river,  after 
its  descent,  and  the  ever-varying  shapes  ot 
mist,  rising  up,  to  become  clouds  in  the  sky, 
would    be  the    very   picture    of   confusion, 
were  it  merely  transient,  like  the   rage  of  a 
tempest.     But  when  the  beholder  has  stood 
awhile,  and  perceived  no  lull  in  the  storm, 
and  considers  that  the  vapor  and  the  foam 
are  as  everlasting  as  the  rocks  which  pro- 
duce them,  all  this   turmoil   assumes  a  sort 
of  calmness.     It  soothes,  while  it  awes  the 
"I'""!-  —NiUhanid  Hawthorne. 


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No  pen  picture  could  do  justice  to  the 
wonderful  scenery  about  the  falls.  The  ice 
mountain  is  enormous;  the  park  and  islands, 
while  difficult  to  traverse,  are  weirdly  beau- 
tiful. At  the  brink  of  the  American  Falls 
are  huge  ice  mounds,  anchored  undoubtedly 
to  some  jutting  rock,  and  looking  as  though 
they  were  about  to  topple  over  every  instant. 
The  rocky  walls  of  the  gorge  are  masses  of 
ice  of  fantastic  designs.  Every  tree  and 
shrub  is  incased  in  a  marble-like  coat  of  ice. 
—Buffalo  Express. 


justice  to  the 
falls.  The  ice 
irk  and  islands, 
;  weirdly  beau- 
American  Falls 
ed  undoubtedly 
iking  as  though 
r  every  instant. 
;  are  masses  of 
ivery  tree  and 
ike  coat  of  ice. 
uffalo  Express. 


NIAGARA  IN  WINTER. 

I  have  seen  the  Falls  in  all  weathers  and 
in  all  seasons,  but   to  my  mitui  the  winter 
view   is   most   beautiful.      I   saw  them   first 
during  the  hard  winter  of  1854,  when  a  hun- 
dred cataract?  of  ice  hung  from  the  cliffs  on 
either  siilc,  when  the  masses  of  ice  brought 
down  from  Lake  Krie  were  together  at  the 
foot,  uniting  the  shores  with  a  rugged  bridge, 
and  when  every  twig  of  every  tree  and  bush 
on  Goat   Island  was  overlaid  an   inch  deep 
with  a  coating  of  solid  crystal.     The  air  was 
still  and  the  sun  shone  in  a  cloudless  sky. 
The  green  of  the  fall,  set  in  a  landscape  of 
sparkling  silver,  was  infinitely  more  brilliant 
than  in  summer,  when  it  is  balanced  by  the 
trees,  and    the    rainbows  were  almost    too 
glorious  for  the  eye  to  bear.      I   was  not 
impressed  by  the  sublimity  of  the  scene,  nor 
even  by  its  terror,  but  solely  by  the  fascina- 
tion of  its  wonderful  beauty.     With  each 
succeeding  visit  Niagara  has  grown  in  height, 
in  power,  in   majesty,  in  solemnity;    but   I 
have  seen  its  climax  of  beauty. 

—Bayard  Taylor. 


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NIAC.ARA'S   POWKR. 

The  strongest  and  m>)st   ciuluring  impres- 
sion prodiucil  upon  the  niiiuls  of  most  vis- 
itors  to  Niagara  is  tjic  sense  of  its  resistless 
power.      The  ordinary  llow  ol   water  over 
the  falls  lias  been   conservatively  estimated 
at  two  hundred  and  seventy  thousand  cubic 
feet  per  second,  and  its  daily  force  something 
more    than     seven     millions    horse-power, 
enough,    could    it    be    applied,    to    operate 
all  the  manufacturing  establishments  of  this 
country.     To  utilize  some  proportion  of  this 
immense  power  has  been   attempted  for  a 
century,  but  not  until  the  possibility  of  its 
transmission  by  electricity   has  it   been  at- 
tempted upon  a  gigantic  scale.     For  more 
than  three  years  over  a  thousand  men  were 
constantly  employed  in  the  construction  of 
a  tunnel   from  a   point  about  a  mile  above 
the  falls  to  an  outlet  just  below  the  Suspen- 
sion foot  bridge.     Into  the  immense  wheel- 
pits  were  sunk  turbines  far  surpassing  in  size 
and  power  any  previously  constructed,  each 
crowned  by  a  Titanic  mushroom  of  a  dyn- 


amo,  by  means  of  which  the  power  obtained 
is  transmuted  into  electrical  force. 

The  faith  shown  by  the  great  capitalists 
in  this  gigantic  undertaking  has  been  fully 
justified  by  the  recent  successful  operation  of 
the  completed  plant.     Besides  the  develop- 
ment of  the  City  of  Niagara  Falls,  a  great 
industrial    town,   Echota,   is   in    process   of 
construction,  and  tlie  whole  interior  of  New 
York  State  is  beginning  to  anticipate  an  era 
of  tremendous    industrial    activity.      If  the 
daring  promises  of  Nikola  Tesia,  the  greatest 
electrician  of  the  world,  are  fulfilled,  it  will 
be  found  possible  "to  place  a  hundred  thou- 
sand horse-power  on  a  wire  and  send  it  four 
hundred  and  fifty  miles  in  one  direction  to 
New  York,  the  metropolis  of  the  East,  and 
five  hundred  miles  in  the  other  direction  to 
Chicago,   the  metropolis  of  the  West,   and 
serve  the  purposes  and  supply  the  wants  of 
these  greatest  urban  communities." 


the  power  obtained 
al  force. 

le  great  capitalists 
ig  has  been  fully 
:essful  operation  of 
sides  the  develop- 
;ara  Falls,  a  great 

is  in  process  of 
le  interior  of  New 
>  anticipate  an  era 

activity.  If  the 
Tesla,  the  greatest 
re  fulfilled,  it  will 
;  a  hundred  thou- 
e  and  send  it  four 
I  one  direction  to 

of  the  East,  and 
other  direction  to 
f  the  West,  and 
iply  the  wants  of 
unities." 


TO  SEE  NIAGARA. 

Niagara  offers  many  scenes  of  marvelous 
beauty,  of  great  variety,  and  of  striking 
picturesqueness,  that  one  should  see  under 
the  varying  conditions  of  sunlight  and 
shadow,  calm  and  storm,  and  under  the 
silvery  moonlight.  Every  mile  of  Niagara 
River,  from  Lake  Erie  to  Lake  Ontario, 
especially  from  the  Rapids  above  the  Falls 
to  the  end  of  the  gorge  at  Lewiston  and 
Queenston,  is  filled  with  interesting  and 
charming  scenes.  However  long  the  traveler 
may  linger,  new  beauties  and  new  points  of 
interest  will  present  themselves,  and  the 
greater  will  be  his  appreciation  of  this  won- 
derful scene. 

He  has  seen  a  grand  sight  who  has  looked 
out  from  Falls  View,  where  the  Michigan  Cen- 
tral trains  stop,  but  let  him  not  think  he  has 
yet  seen  Niagara  Falls,  for  the  great  cataract  is 
many-sided,  and  should  be  seen  from  all 
points.  The  tourist  will  never  know  its  majes- 
tic grandeur  until  he  has  stood  below  and 


seen  its  flood  of  waters 
pour   from   the  very 
vault  of  heaven.     He 
will  never  know  Niag- 
ara's power  until  he 
passed  behind  its  watery  veil   and  felt 
the  buffeting  of  its  prisoned  air,   or  stood 
beside  the  Whirlpool  Rapids,  and  felt  the 
utter  impotence  of  man.     He  will  never  know 
its  indescribable  beauty  until  he  lias  watched 
the  very  center  of  the  Horsesiioe  and  wooed 
the  spirit  of  the  waters,  or  wandered  in  the 
wooded  aisles  of  Goat  Island,  or  by  the  fairy 
cascades  of  the  Three  Sisters.     He  will  never 
understand  its  wonderful  voice  until  he  has 
stood  at  the  foot  of  the  Great   Horseshoe, 
and    listened   to  its  thunder,   that    Eugene 
Thayer,  the  famous  organist,  declared  was 
"not  a  roar,  but  the  divinest  music  on  earth." 
The  banks  of  the  river  upon  either  side  of 
the  Falls  have  been  reserved  by  the  Ontario 
and  New  York  State  Governments  as  free 
public  parks,  so  that  the  expense  of  a  visit 
to  Niagara   has   been  shorn    of   exorbitant 
charges.     The    hotel    accommodations    at 


1  its  flood  of  waters 
ur   from   the  very 
ult  of  heaven.     He 
I  never  know  Niag- 
's  power  until  he 
itery  veil   and  felt 
fled  air,   or  stood 
3ids,  and  felt  the 
le  will  never  know 
lil  he  has  watched 
sesiioe  and  wooed 
wandered  in  the 
id,  or  by  the  fairy 
rs.     He  will  never 
'cice  until  he  has 
Great   Horseshoe, 
ler,   that    Eugene 
ist,  declared  was 
;  music  on  earth." 
on  either  side  of 
d  by  the  Ontario 
ernments  as  free 
xpense  of  a  visit 
n   of   exorbitant 
mmodations    at 


Niagara  are  ample,  excellent  in  quality,  and 
reasonable  in  price.  On  the  Canadian  side 
is  the  Clifton  House,  open  from  May  ist  to 
November  ist.  On  the  American  side  the 
International  and  Cataract  are  open  from 
May  to  about  the  first  of  November,  while 
the  Kaltenbach,  the  Prospect  House  and  other 
hotels  are  open  the  year  round. 

A  visit  to  the  Cave  of  the  Winds,  with 
guide  and  dress,  costs  a  dollar,  and  the  sim- 
ilar trip  under  the  Horseshoe  Falls,  on  the 
Canada  side,  fifty  cents;    the  round  trip  on 
the  inclined   railway  costs   ten  cents,  and 
upon   the    Maid   of  the   Mist,  fifty  cents. 
The  toll  over  the  new  Suspension  Foot  and 
Carriage  Bridge  is  ten  cents  in  one  direction, 
or  fifteen  cents  for  the  round  trip.    The  rate 
for  vehicles  is  regulated  by  the  number  of  pas- 
sengers.    The  hack  fares  at  Niagara  Falls  are 
regulated  by  law  and  are  very  reasonable,  while 
vans  make  the  tour  of  the  entire  State  Reser- 
vation, with  the  privilege  of  stopping  off  at 
any  point  of  interest,  for  twenty-five  cents. 
Besides  the  Lewiston  Branch  of  the  New 
York  Central,  an  electric  railway  on  either 


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side  of  Ihe  river  affords  splen- 
did   opportunities  to  see  the 
river,  including  the  rapids, 
the    falls,    the    whirlpool, 
and  tile  gorge  in  detail 
and  to  the  best  advan- 
tage.  That  on  the  Can- 
ada   side    runs    from 
Chippawa,      on     the 
Niagara    Division    of 
the  Michigan  Central, 
through     the     Queen 
Victoria     Park,    past 
the    Horseshoe    Fall 
and  along  the  brini' 
of  the  gorge,  by  tn 
whirlpool,  to   Brock's  Monument  ot 
Queenston    Heights    where    the    slop-    is 
descended  to  the  steamer  dock  at  Queenston. 
The  line  is  13}^  miles  long,  and  the  rate  from 
Chippawa    to    Queenston    forty    cents,    or 
seventy-five  cents  for  the  round  trip. 

On  the  American  side  the  cars  start  froi 
the  Soldiers'  Monument  at  the  foot  of  Falls 
Street  and  gradually  descend  the  gorge  just 


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e  of  Ihe  river  affords  splen- 
opportunities  to  see  the 
iver,  including  the  rapids, 
the  falls,  the  whirlpool, 
and  the  gorge  in  detail 
i'  and  to  the  best  advan- 
l  tage.  That  on  the  Can- 
^    ada    side    runs    from 

rChippawa,      on     the 
Niagara    Division    of 
the  Michigan  Central, 
through     the     Queen 
Victoria     Park,    past 
the    Horseshoe    Fall 
y    and  along  the  brini' 
of  the  gorge,  by  tn 
)   Brock's  Monument  oi 
5    where     the    slop"    is 
amer  dock  at  Queenston. 
:s  long,  and  the  rate  from 
lenston    forty    cents,    or 
>r  the  round  trip, 
side  the  cars  start  frot 
lent  at  the  foot  of  Falls 
descend  the  gorge  just 


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above  the  Cantaliver  Bridge.  From  this 
point  to  Lewiston  the  river  banK.  is  closely 
followed  but  a  few  feet  above  .he  water, 
passing  directly  by  the  Whirlpool  Rapids, 
the  Whirlpool  itself,  and  the  long  succession 
of  the  lower  rapids,  emerging  from  the 
gorge  opposite  Queenston  Heights.  The 
fare  one  way  is  thirty  cents  (less  than  was 
formerly  charged  to  descend  to  the  Whirl- 
pool Rapids  alone),  or  sixty  cents  for  the 
round  trip.  The  fare  by  the  Lewiston 
Branch  of  the  New  York  Central  is  thirty- 
two  cents  one  way  and  sixty  cents  for  the 
round  trij^  xepting  from  June  ist  to  Sep- 
tember 30th,  when  the  one  way  rate  is 
twenty  cents,  and  for  tlie  round  trip  twenty- 
five  cents. 


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PRINCIPAL  HOTELS  AT  NIAGARA  FALLS.b  f 


LOCATION,  PER  o*r. 

Clifton  Housk,        OnCanadaSide,$4.oo&up 

International,         Falls  aiul  Main,  1.00-5.00 

Prospect  House,     Second&Union,voo-4.<io 

Cataract  House,    Main  &  Bridge,  4.^0  &  up 

Hotel  Kaltenbach,  24  Buffalo  St.,  3.00 

Tower  Hotel,  ioq  Canal  St.,  a, 00 

Hotel  Imperial,       Fails  &  Second,  2.50-4.00 

Niagara  Falls  House,  ii8  Main  St.,  2.00 

Hotel  Porter,         1 10  Falls  St.,     2.SO-4.00 

Columbia  Hotel,     First  and  Niagara,        a. 00 

Niagara  House,       412  Main  St., 

Harvey  House,         -(27  Third  St., 

Salt's  New  Hotel,  355  Second  St., 

Maley  House,  723  Third  St., 

United  States  Hotel,  Falls  &  Second, 

Temperance  House,  324  Second  St.,  1.50  &  up 

Cosmopolitan,         3^3  Niagara  St.,         2.00 

Hotel  Atlantique,  Main  and  Niagara, 

CoLONADE  Hotel,     221  Niagara  St., 

European  Hotel,     349  Riverway, 

Falls  Hotel,  312  Main  St., 

Hotel  Schwartz,     1 6  Falls  St. , 


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